1 Indonesia Plans Increase in Palm Oil based Biodiesel In 2025
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JAKARTA, July 24 (Reuters) - Indonesia, the world's most significant palm oil manufacturer, is checking fuel with a view to increasing to 40% from 35% the share of palm-oil mixed into biodiesel next year, the energy ministry stated.

If executed, the B40 required could increase biodiesel usage to approximately 16 million kilolitres (KL) next year, the ministry stated, from 13 million KL approximated to be consumed in 2024.

"We hope the trials could be ended up in December, so that complete implementation of B40 might be carried out in 2025," energy ministry senior main Eniya Listiani Dewi said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Indonesian Biofuel Producers Association (APROBI) said the industry had the capability to satisfy B40 need, with installed capability anticipated to rise to 20 million KL yearly next year from 18 million KL now.

"However we will need more basic materials to fulfill B40 need," Ernest Gunawan, the secretary general of APROBI informed Reuters on Wednesday.

The biodiesel market would need 13.9 million metric lots of unrefined palm oil to produce 16 million KL biodiesel next year, from the approximated 11 million lots required this year, he included.

Indonesia's most significant palm oil association GAPKI said a decrease in exports indicated there would be enough raw products to supply the B40 required in the meantime.

But the market would need to examine "which one would be more valuable", GAPKI chairman Eddy Martono stated, describing the possibility an increase in exports would make supplying the domestic market less practical.

Indonesia's palm oil output is approximated to reach 54.4 million loads in 2024, a 2.26% boost from in 2015, while exports are anticipated to decline by 2.47% to 29.5 million loads as domestic usage increased, driven by biodiesel required.

The ministry had actually evaluated the biodiesel, blended with 40% of palm oil, on a train for the very first time previously this week, while planning to test the B40 mix on agriculture machinery, power plants and in the shipping market, it stated. (Reporting by and Dewi Kurniawati